Patch 5.2: Thunder Isle Teaser from Blizzard, PTR in January

Blizzard woke us up in the middle of the night to share this sweet teaser pic of Thunder Isle, the new raid dungeon in 5.2. From this picture, we can also learn that the 5.2 PTR is hitting soon, right on the heels of the holidays. Blizzard really seems to be sticking to their promise of delivering new content patches quickly.

Here's their official statement:

Happy Holidays from the World of Warcraft team! Here’s a small present to tide you over until the new year.

We can't tell too much about the raid theme from this picture, besides that it has really awesome Pandaren-themed architecture with some Mogu statues in the courtyard--what do you think the new raid theme could be? Several devs have hinted that they were inspired by Ulduar.

The Thunder King is also tied to the Zandalari trolls, as players learn in Kun-Lai quests such as Stealing Their Thunder King. The Mogu and Zandalari were old allies, and the Zandalari are looking to make their new home on Pandaria, so maybe we'll be getting some new troll developments too!

Comment by Rpm1126

Comment by DArcMattr

So that's the mystery island NW of Townlong Steppes. If you try to fly there now, you get enveloped in mists and teleported underwater.

Comment by thaedris20

on 2012-12-21T02:24:35-06:00

wait, early january? They werent kidding on faster content. Did not having some big pre patch event gave them enough time to come up with this so fast? I think im seeing a change in blizzard I hope it turns out to be really good then.

oops misread that part about PTR but still fast though. This picture looks awesome though.